Cancer type is determined by the location in the body where it originated, even if it has spread (metasticized) to another location.  If a tumor began in the breast and metasticized to the brain, it is still considered breast cancer.  The tumor in the breast is considered the primary tumor, the tumor in the brain is secondary or metatastic.

The Cancer Info Library  provides resources available to you on the Internet, from the Health Resource Center at Renown Regional Medical Center, and valuable insight from our own medical staff here at the Renown Institute for Cancer. Some links are listed below for quick reference.

Here are other sites that can provide additional information about cancer:

American Cancer Society

National Cancer Institute

National Institute for Health

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Northern Nevada